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During World War I, 16 year old Londoner Tom Grattan is evacuated to the countryside. Over about thirty 25 minute episodes he has a series of adventures. Mostly the plots relate to home front impacts due to the distant war in France, set around the Yorkshire farm of a family he is sent to stay with.
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Tom Grattan's War was a British television series which ran from 1968 to 1970. The show revolved around the life of Tom Grattan who was sent to live with relatives in Yorkshire during the Great War.
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Dramatic and often spectacular storylines combine with themes of duty and moral conflict in this acclaimed Yorkshire Television adventure series for a younger audience. Tom Grattan’s War features contributions from award-winning director Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Follyfoot writers Audley Southcott and Tony Essex, among others.
From the golden age of children’s television drama, Tom Grattan’s War was a period piece, set at the time of the First World War and told the tale of a 16-year-old London lad (Michael Howe) who is too young to help his country in the far off fields of Flanders, so is therefore set to work on a farm to help with the nation’s food production.
Dramatic and often spectacular storylines combine with themes of duty and moral conflict in this acclaimed Yorkshire Television adventure series for a younger audience. Tom Grattan’s War features contributions from award-winning director Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Follyfoot writers Audley Southcott and Tony Essex, among others.
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After his father goes to war 15 year old Londoner Tom Grattan is sent to Yorkshire. There he is thrust into an unknown world that he finds both scary and exciting. He settles in quite well, but wonders about the man skulking on the rocks.
